Temporary Internet Files

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I want my to be able to copy my "Temporary Internet Files". I turned off
UAC but an still denied access to the folder!!! How can I get access???
 
To see the IE cache subfolders and their content in Windows Explorer, type
this in the Run box:

"C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
Internet Files\Content.IE5"
 
My problem is somewhat similar, but I'm still having problems. I don't like
any files in the Temporary Internet Files directory to be hidden. They are
not hidden using IE7 with XP, but they are hidden using IE7 using Vista.

I set the Folder Options > View tab area to Show hidden files and folders,
but that did not work on the Temporary Internet Files directory. I also
cleared the check box for Hide protected operating system files--even though
these are not OS files AFAIC.

Still, the Temporary Internet Files directory remains partially hidden. Some
cookies remain visible, but others remain hidden. In particular, I like to
monitor and block certain third-party cookies, but if I cannot see them, I
cannot block them!

I know how to navigate to the the Temporary Internet Files directory through
IE7 and through Windows Explorer. By the way, the Content.IE5 is not present.

Ideas, please? Thank you.

Why is Microsoft trying to hide Temporary Internet Files?
 
Your Internet Explorer cache is here:
C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5
and, possibly, here:
C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Low\Content.IE5

Your Cookies are here:
C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
and, possibly, here:
C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low

Using Windows Explorer, you can navigate to your Cookies folder, but not to
your actual Temporary Internet Files sub-folders (if you right-click the
Temporary Internet Files folder, at C:\Users\(Your User
Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows, and choose Properties, you will see
how many sub-folders it contains). By using Run, however, you can view
those sub-folders. Besides checking "Show hidden files and folders", "Hide
protected operating system files (Recommended)" must be un-checked in Folder
Options. The Run (Windows key + R) command should work, as per my previous
post, or try "C:\Users\(Your User
Name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Low\Content.IE5".

The Temporary Internet Files folder, as it stands, is a special folder that
gives a cookies and cache combo view of those files (the files are really
elsewhere on your computer, as noted above). However, this special view,
effectively, blocks using Explorer from navigating further to its
sub-folders.
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you, dean-dean!!!

The path to the cookies is what I wanted, and now I can see them. Thank you
again.
 
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